[多项选择]Parents say that children do not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complain that their parents do not understand them. This phenomenon is often referred to as the generation gap. What then are the causes of the generation gap

Generation Gap

In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[简答题]Some parents suggest children should be paid to do housework. Do you agree Include reasons and details in your explanation.

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Parents have to do much less for their children than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can be done at the laundry; food can be bought cooked, canned; bread is baked and delivered by the baker; milk arrives on the doorstep; meal can be had at the restaurant, the work’s canteen, and the school dining room.
It’s unusual now for father to pursue(追求)his trade of other employment at home, and his children rarely, if ever, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father’s business, and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money, and soon gains a feeling Of economic independence (经济上的独立). In textile areas it has been customary for mothers to go out to work, but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now not an unusual factor in a child’s h
A. a food shop
B. a cafe
C. a restaurant
D. a cafeteria(自助餐厅)

[填空题]S3. How do parents influence their children’s choices on marriages

[单项选择]Children whose biological parents both have Tic Syndrome Z (TSZ), which is characterized by the involuntary contraction of certain muscles, are about four times more likely to develop such contractions than are children whose biological parents do not have TSZ. It is likely, therefore, that predisposition to TSZ is an inherited trait.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above
A. Children whose parents have TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are under unusual stress at school or at home than if they are not under such stress.
B. Children whose biological parents do not have TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by adoptive parents with TSZ than if they are raised by their biological parents.
C. Children whose biological parents have TSZ are as likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by adoptive parents who do not have TSZ as if they are raised by their biological parents.
D. Children whose biological parents have TSZ and who develop TSZ usually avoid developing a severe form of the syndrome if they seek treatment for TSZ shortly after developing the first signs of it.
E. (E) Children with TSZ whose biological parents do not have TSZ are less likely to have the syndrome diagnosed when symptoms first appear than are children with TSZ whose biological parents have TSZ.

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Children living with single parents encounter many problems. They are more （1） stressful experiences than are children living with continuously married parents. （2） scholars define stress in somewhat different ways, most assume that it occurs when external demands（3） people’s coping resources. This results in feelings of emotional distress, a(n) （4） capacity to function in school, work, and family roles, and an increase in physiological indicators of arousal. Economic hardship, incompetent parenting, and loss of （5） with a parent can be stressful for children. Conflict between nonresident parents appears to be particularly harmful when children feel that they are caught （6）, as when one parent speaks ill of the other parent in front of the child, when children are asked to transmit（7）or emotionally negative messages from one parent to the other, and when one parent attempts to recruit the child as an ally （8） the other. Interparental conflict is a direct stressor for childr
A. exceed    
B. succeed   
C. proceed   
D. precede